Credit: alancleaver_2000 on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Government applies for Leveson core participant status Special session planned for 2pm this afternoon to hear application from government to have early access to evidence and make submissions By Paul McNally • 1 min read
Credit: Alberto OG on Flickr. Some rights reserved News Operation Elveden: Former Met officer arrested The former police officer, who has been 'bailed to a date in August' had 'previously served in the MPS Specialist Operations command' and 'retired several years ago', Scotland Yard confirmed By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
News RSF says 21 journalists killed this year Marking World Press Freedom Day Reporters Without Borders 'condemns the furious pace of physical attacks on news providers' By Rachel McAthy • 2 min read
News Sly Bailey to step down from Trinity Mirror by end of 2012 Sly Bailey, who joined as chief executive in 2003, says 'the time has come to hand over to someone else' By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
News City-wide news sites launched in Glasgow and Edinburgh STV also plans to launch 'additional sites in the coming months, including a city site for Aberdeen' By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
News Louise Mensch: Phone-hacking report 'essentially worthless' On BBC Newsnight Louise Mensch MP said the claim that Rupert Murdoch 'is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company' was 'hijacked' into the CMS select committee's phone-hacking report By Rachel Bartlett • 2 min read
News Leveson inquiry: Coulson and Brooks to appear next week Coulson will give evidence to the inquiry on Thursday, along with Viscount Rothermere, while Brooks will be appearing on Friday By Rachel McAthy • 1 min read
Credit: David Jones/PA News News Corporation payout contributes to BSkyB profit surge Company says it is co-operating with Ofcom's 'fit and proper' test and has completed review of editorial practices at Sky News By Paul McNally • 2 min read
News News Corporation: Phone-hacking report is 'highly partisan' Rupert Murdoch tells staff that management and standards committee investigation into the group's other UK newspapers has finished and found no evidence of illegal activity By Paul McNally • 2 min read
News Thomson Reuters forecasts further growth in revenue Company reports slight rise in revenue and profit in the first quarter of 2012 and says its full-year outlook remains unchanged By Paul McNally • 1 min read
News CPJ report: Eritrea tops world censorship league table New research to coincide with World Press Freedom Day lists the 10 countries in which journalists face the most restrictions By Paul McNally • 1 min read
News BBC News, The Daily Beast and Guardian win Webby Awards BBC News wins the public vote for best news site while the Guardian is recognised for documentary film By Sarah Marshall • 1 min read
